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slantways

ADVERB
diagonally
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cater-corner cater-cornered catercorner catty-corner catty-cornered crosswise kitty-corner kitty-cornered
STRONG
cornerways cornerwise
WEAK


Example Sentences

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Then louder and faster, a driving torrent falling slantways from the slate sky, like water from a sluice.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

He looked slantways out of the corners of his eyes.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

The sun was round to the west and threw long, golden rays, that were all lovely light and no heat, slantways on the paved floor and the polished tables and the bright pewter.

From Come Rack! Come Rope! by Benson, Robert Hugh

The speaker was even larger than the Galway man, and his face was made curious by a purple cut running slantways from his left eye to the right corner of his mouth.

From Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard

What makes her go slantways against the wind?

From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Bindloss, Harold




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